Transylvania 1694-CV ducat Fr-488
This specimen was lot 1183 in Sincona Auction 107 (Zürich, October 2026), where it sold for 12,000 CHF (about US$17,482 including buyers' fees). The catalog description[1] noted,
"RDR / ÖSTERREICH Leopold I. 1657-1705. Dukat 1694 CV, Klausenburg für Siebenbürgen. Belorbeertes und geharnischtes Brustbild nach rechts mit umgelegtem Mantel. Rv. Gekrönter Doppeladler, in den Fängen Schwert und Zepter, auf der Brust das siebenbürgische Wappen, unten das Münzzeichen in einer einfachen Kartusche. Äusserst selten. Vorzüglich. Leicht gewellt. Erworben für 111 Franken und 60 Rappen bei der Bank Leu in Zürich am 10.10.1954. (Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, 1657-1705, ducat of 1694, struck at Klausenburg for Transylvania. Obverse: laureate, armored and mantled bust right; reverse: crowned double headed eagle, with sword and scepter in its talons, supports the arms of Transylvania, with the mintmasters initials in a cartouche below. Extremely rare, Extremely Fine, Slightly wavy flan.)"
This type was struck 1693-1700. Michael Apafi was the last prince of Transylvania to claim any autonomy and on his death, the region was annexed to the Hapsburg empire.
Recorded mintage: unknown.
Specification: 3.49 g, 0.986 fine gold, this specimen 3.44 g.
Catalog reference: KM 509, Resch 11. Huszar 849. Herinek 406, Fr-488.
- Cuhaj, George S., and Thomas Michael, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1601-1700, 6th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2014.
- Friedberg, Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World, From Ancient Times to the Present, 9th ed., Clifton, NJ: Coin and Currency Institute, 2017.
- Adolf Resch, Siebenburgische Münzen und Medaillen von 1538 bis Gegenwart. Hermannstadt, 1901 (reprinted in Montreal, 1965).
- [1]Richter, Jurg, Michael Hardmeier, Michael Otto, Arne Kirsch, Ruedi Kunzmann and Timur Demirai, SINCONA Auction 107: The Hugo von Ziegler-Schindler Collection of Numismatic Rarities, Zürich: SINCONA AG, 2026.
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